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Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2016
Applicant:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ajay Nagarandal, Fremont, CA (US);

Bo Zhou, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H03K 19/177 (2006.01); G06F 15/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5054 (2013.01); G06F 15/7867 (2013.01); G06F 17/5045 (2013.01); G06F 17/5068 (2013.01); G06F 17/5072 (2013.01); G06F 2217/06 (2013.01); H03K 19/17736 (2013.01);
Abstract

A programmable logic device such as an integrated circuit may receive user-defined configuration data from a circuit design system. The user-defined configuration data may include a minimal number of user-defined configuration variables necessary to configure the programmable logic device when combined with hardware-defined configuration variables generated in resolution engines in the programmable logic device based on the user-defined configuration variables. The resolution engines may process multiple hardware-defined configuration variables simultaneously and in parallel. A temporary storage device in the programmable logic device may store the user-defined configuration variables, the hardware-defined configuration variables, and preloaded configuration data. The resolution engines may generate a configuration bitstream to configure a configuration random access memory on the device using the configuration data stored on the temporary storage.


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